Unsolved issues…

… My family has had a few of those – like most families. In the 60`s my father and his brother had a good idea. They wanted to build a cabin together. They were brothers, colleges and best friends. Thankfully their wifes put their foot down, so  in the end they built two cabins. My father would leave early Sunday morning and come home late in the evening. Building this cabin was his way of therapy from a stressful job. It was finished in 1969.

In return for the land my uncle  built on, my father was to receive the same from my uncle, who had settled in their family home. Only – this never happened. They both died without either of them getting any papers on land.

It has been an ongoing talk for 40 years. And finally – we are so close.

 

 

Mostly this story comes out of Ali Edwards class at BPS, and the photo my brother gave me of the pin – marking the land he now receive on behalf of our father. The pins were put down a few days ago and  after 40 years – issue solved. I also found my father’s word, written in the cabin journal from September 14 1983. It is a statement where he direct us on how he wants things settled.

 It is settled, and crazy as I am – I can see these to sitting up there, raising their glasses…

Childhood memories from the happy days – at the cabin…

1971 – 72.  Me – dragged out of bed. My mum with a bottle of beer. My mother that never touched any kind of alcohol – ever:) You can see how uncomfortable she is just holding the bottle. And my dad with the accordion. Always with an accordion. Almost every photo I have of my father – there is an accordion. This photo bring up so many memories and I can see a long line of scrapbooking layouts coming out of this. Good thing Ali E is showing us how to do layouts with words – a lot of words.